Not only is the champion kayaker one of Germany's biggest gold medal hopes, she's also one of the sexiest members of the Olympic team. The kayak champ revealed: "Thank God kayaking is all about technique. There are women who have much bigger and stronger arms than me."

Katharina Sholz

Scholz will be moving to Hamburg after the Games to join her boyfriend, ex-German footballer Oliver Hentschel. The field hockey babe isn't the first of her teammates to make it into Playboy. Four years ago, fellow player Fanny Rinne also graced the magazine's pages. Sholz said: "In hockey, we wear underwear and no armour under our skirts."

Petra Niemann

This is the third time Petra will be competing at the Olympic Games and she hopes to finally bring home her first medal. She said: "I work extra hard with my psychologist. He advised me to concentrate on the high point of the year above everything else."

Romy Tarangul

Unfortunately, the Judo competitor has already been eliminated but at least we still get to see her in stunning form in Playboy! Tarangul warned: "I can beat up some of the men in my sport."

this really affected her career, shes planning a long break after olympic

"But she was picked off by rivals in each of her events and finished with one silver and two bronze medals. That's more than Laure Manaudou has. The Frenchwoman was regarded as the best female swimmer in the world a year ago, but after a string of messy personal dramas in the lead-up, she will leave Beijing without a medal "

Leryn Franco, javelin thrower from paraguat, she was runner up of miss paraguay :P when i saw her in the opening ceremony i was like who the fuk is that :P theres even news about her getting too much attention due to her good looks :D